Hey there, my friend, Every so often, I come to a book already feeling attached to one of its characters. That was my experience with Laura Frantz’s A Fierce Devotion. Bleu Galant first appears in The Seamstress of Acadie, and like many readers, I quietly hoped he’d get a story of his own. This novel […]
Hey there—Katy here. When we step into 1618 London in fiction, it’s easy to see the mud, the nooses and the narrow streets. It’s harder to feel the weight of a water bucket in cold hands, or smell the smoke in a woman’s hair as she leans over her hearth. Most homes were full of
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Behind The BooksHey there, my friend. Every so often, a book comes along that feels like it’s written in the exact corner of the world you love: time period, tone, questions, and all. Roseanna M. White’s “Ring of Secrets” did that for me. I picked it up expecting a historical spy story with Christian elements. What I
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Behind The Books, Christian Historical MysteriesHey there, my friend. Sometimes a book arrives in just the right season. I picked up Julie Klassen’s “The Secret of Pembrooke Park” because I wanted a good historical mystery with a strong romantic thread—but I also wanted to see how another author handles faith on the page. What I found was one of those
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Behind The Books, Christian Historical MysteriesHey there, my friend. One of the things I promised myself when I started writing Christian historical mysteries was that I’d keep learning from the authors who came before me—and beside me. So every now and then, I pick up a book not just as a reader, but as a writer in training, asking, “How
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Behind The Books, Christian Historical Mysteries